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Oh no, you’ve started the “is the R8 a supercar?” conversation

You can get a set of passive dampers for £1K-£2K depending on what you want to spend, so they’re not silly money. Discs and pads can be had for much less than what’s been mentioned too, it just depends on whether you’re going OEM or are happy with aftermarket. 
 

I came very close to buying one before getting a 911, but ultimately there’s a reason so many people default to a Porker…

1 hour ago, davey_83 said:

Super star also George Russell, single handedly removed Lewis from the table of consideration for F1's GOAT in my opinion.  

So who is then? Because to my knowledge, every other driver potentially on the table for that accolade also had a year when they were somewhat off the pace. 

5 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said:

 

For me in the city it is. I have a very famous saying. "Each to their own".

 

Manual in Track toys, weekend cars, driven every few days sure. Daily hell nah. Hard pass.

 

 

Ive been "engaged" for a decade. The left foot now rests on top of the foot rest CEO style. 

 

When a manual driver tailgates you, its not because theyre annoyed at you taking your time. Its the literal pain in their left ankle and cramp on the shin from downshifting for the 100th time like a Hollywood movie. 

 

Manuals are fun at 9am on a sundays drive in Windsor country, when Daisy is at home. 

That’s kinda my point. In an auto you get what, 3-4 secs of engagement before you’re in ban territory, whereas with a manual you’ll maybe double that. Faster does not always equal better. 
 

I don’t dispute for one second in stop start traffic an auto is the clear winner. 

12 hours ago, GranTurismoEra said:

Lol...Autos faster my next car will probably be DSG by the time you're doing gear 1 to 2 clutch in and out....my slushbox has me at 70mph. . 

You say that like it’s a good thing. 

Then why did their data not record any attempt to press the brake?

I’m calling BS on any malfunction. As much as I loathe Musk and his companies, their explanation seems perfectly reasoned. 

Wow, what an absolute idiot. 

Fair enough  

Personally I hate them, they take up a ton of space when screen is at a premium, and mostly they’re full of junk (like car history 😂). Link to a build is a good shout though, hadn’t thought of that. 

Out of pure curiosity, can I ask why? Both on a phone where screen space is limited, and on a forum full stop?

Thankfully, they don’t show up in either on mine

Probably not a lot on it as insurance is a PITA over here when you have NOS installed. 

I STILL DEMAND MY REFUND!!!!11 😡😡😡

What’s it for then? 
 

REIS cover most things, if you’ve not tried them already. 

Starmer I quite like as a person: he seems grounded but also has the correct air of authority, he’s made some difficult decisions as leader (telling his party not to get on the picket lines, dealing with Corbyn) that were a huge risk but needed doing, and I don’t think he’d be a bad PM. My worry is that his plans actually wouldn’t do anything to help longer term than what Truss did, plus we’ve never actually had much detail on that side of things anyway. 
 

The other downside to a Labour government is twofold: first he has a bunch of people in his shadow cabinet I wouldn’t trust to run a bath correctly, and also I’m not sure they’d get enough votes to win a majority meaning we’d end up with another coalition. 
 

But yes, the current Tory party has spectacularly imploded. 

The amount of “crashed exotic” videos and photos would tend to disagree with you. 
 

Driving a modern supercar with all the gadgetry in the world at sensible speeds is easy, but it’s been designed to be. Driving one with the aids turned off is bastard hard, like it’s been designed to be. 

1. At that age, rust will be the big one outside of normal things to look at. 
2. You can’t, outside of asking questions (97+Ron used all the time?). How clean it is is a good marker as to how the owner has cared for it. 
3. Depends what they are and what they will cost to fix. 
4. Depends. Without knowing the car I’d say anywhere between £5k-£7k and nothing is dropping in value atm. 

In fairness my discs were the cheapest of the cheap, but I’m damn sure I was well past the point of legality for the MOT hence having to change them. That was after two years and about 20k miles, pads still had about 40% left but the discs definitely didn’t  

Nice lap there Stu 👍

Try and find someone who runs the Coastal layout rather than the full GP, for cars with less power it’s much more fun and way more challenging  

Yup, perfect. 
 

Best way to check for air leaks is to spray some carb cleaner around every single possible connection and listen for the idle going up. 

1 hour ago, docwra said:

I really like the CL RC5+ on mine, bit dusty but awesome stopping power 

Just taken them off mine, hella dusty, amazing stopping power, but holy hell do they eat discs! 
 

I know that’s kinda how they work, but I wasn’t expecting them to be quite that aggressive  

Not impossible but highly unlikely, honestly this screams of an air leak to me more than anything. Dodgy throttle body would give different codes, how careful were you when you cleaned it? They’re notoriously sensitive to any kind of touch. 

Very unlikely, far more likely you’ve got a leak on either the intake manifold (since you took it apart) or the intake pipe work to the throttle body (ditto).

Sounds like a potential post-MAF air leak to me. The car is dumping crazy amounts of fuel in to try and compensate for the extra air, hence the too rich codes. Check and double check all connections after the MAF, as that’s the cheapest and easiest thing to sort. 

Pull the two little tabs off left and right at the bottom of the cubby, there’s screws behind them. 
 

When it comes to jap interior plastics, if it looks like it can pop off then it does pop off, best interiors to work on 👍

What toy is it?

Tbh you can go right to the extremes of trailers and spares and all sorts, but tbh all I ever did was make sure the car was sorted in terms of fluids, brakes and tyres (as in plenty of all) before the day, then enjoying the day as much as possible. 
 

I would recommend a decent set of thin soles driving shoes above all else, and a good pair of race gloves too. Track driving is about driving at the edges, and you want as much feel as you can get from your feet and as much grip as your hands can give you. And don’t ever be afraid to cough up for some tuition: if you know your car you might now know the track, and vice versa. Good tuition will pay dividends to the experience